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• Evolving roles of libraries and
museums.
• Expectations for multi-institution
and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Competition from alternative
venues.
B. How do digital technology and the
Web impact library and museum
services? How can libraries and
museums respond to challenges and
benefit the public?
Representative issues:
• User expectations for seamless
access to resources across organizational
boundaries.
• Requirements for building and
maintaining technology systems,
products, and services.
• Desirability of integrating
technology in management functions
and services.
• Changing staff skill and knowledge
requirements.
• Budget implications.
• Need to accommodate visitor/user
skills and equipment needs (e.g.,
technical support, on-site equipment
access, off-site equipment and
connectivity).
C. What are the impacts of growing
community diversity on library and
museum service? How can museums
and libraries respond to them?
Representative issues:
• Changing demography of local,
regional, and national audiences.
• Altered educational norms.
• Institutional need to reflect visitor/
user diversity.
• Need to address language and
cultural diversity.
• Expanding definitions of access and
barriers (e.g., ADA, Limited English
Proficiency).
D. How do changes in requirements
for institutional infrastructure that have
occurred or are emerging impact library
and museum service? How can
museums and libraries respond to them?
Representative issues:
• Requirements for creation,
maintenance, management, and
accessibility of learning resources.
• Leadership and professional
development, evolving requirements for
staff skills.
• Development and fundraising
challenges.
• Need to sustain public safety and
security in parallel with public
confidentiality and privacy.
• Need to provide broad access to
resources in parallel with protection of
intellectual property rights.
E. What are the challenges of
developing and communicating a public
value role for libraries and museums?
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How can museums and libraries
respond to them?
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Representative issues:
[Docket Nos. 50–220 and 50–410]
• Developing a strategy to be part of
the community fabric to address unmet
needs.
• Need to develop practical resultsoriented evaluation tools and capacities.
• Expectations for outcomes- and
impact-based reporting.
• Need to persuade policy and other
decision-makers of competitive priority
of museum/library services.
• Need to attract non-users and
infrequent users; need to expand
audiences.
F. What is the perception of
educators, business leaders, community
leaders and public policy makers on the
impact of library and museum service in
creating an educated and informed
citizenry?
• Contribution to formal education.
• Contribution to civic engagement.
• Contribution to lifelong learning.
• Contribution to quality of
community life.
• Contribution to family life.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Analysis of Impact of Museum
and Library Services.
OMB Number: n/a.
Agency Number: 3137.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: Museums, libraries
and archives.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1
hour.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: 0.
Total Annual costs: 0.
Contact: Karen Motylewski, Research
Officer, Office of Research and
Technology, Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, email [email protected], telephone
(202) 606–5551.
Dated: July 15, 2004.
Rebecca Danvers,
Director, Office of Research and Technology.
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Constellation Energy Group, Nine Mile
Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2;
Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of
the Application and Notice of
Opportunity for Hearing Regarding
Renewal of Facility Operating license
Nos. DPR–63 and NPF–69 for an
Additional 20-Year Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is considering application for the
renewal of Operating License Nos. DPR–
63 and NPF–69, which authorize the
Constellation Energy Group Inc., to
operate the Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2 at 1850
megawatts thermal for Unit 1 and 3467
megawatts thermal for Unit 2. The
renewed licenses would authorize the
applicant to operate the Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, for an
additional 20 years beyond the period
specified in the current licenses. The
current operating license for the Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1
expires on August 22, 2009, and the
current operating license for the Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2
expires on October 31, 2026.
The Commission’s staff has received
an application dated May 26, 2004, from
Constellation Energy Group Inc.,
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the
Operating License Nos. DPR–63 and
NPF–69 for Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively. A
Notice of Receipt and Availability of the
license renewal application,
‘‘Constellation Energy Group; Nine Mile
Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2;
Notice of Receipt and Availability of
Application for Renewal Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR–63 and
NPF–69 for an Additional 20-Year
Period,’’ was published in the Federal
Register on June 8, 2004 (69 FR 32069).
The Commission’s staff has
determined that Constellation Energy
Group has submitted sufficient
information in accordance with 10 CFR
54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and 51.53(c)
that is acceptable for docketing. The
current Docket Nos. 50–220 and 50–410
for Operating License Nos. DPR–63 and
NPF–69, respectively, will be retained.
The docketing of the renewal
application does not preclude
requesting additional information as the
review proceeds, nor does it predict
whether the Commission will grant or
deny the application.
Before issuance of each requested
renewed license, the NRC will have
made the findings required by the
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Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s rules
and regulations. In accordance with 10
CFR 54.29, the NRC will issue a
renewed license on the basis of its
review if it finds that actions have been
identified and have been or will be
taken with respect to: (1) Managing the
effects of aging during the period of
extended operation on the functionality
of structures and components that have
been identified as requiring aging
management review, and (2) timelimited aging analyses that have been
identified as requiring review, such that
there is reasonable assurance that the
activities authorized by the renewed
licenses will continue to be conducted
in accordance with the current licensing
basis (CLB), and that any changes made
to the plant’s CLB comply with the Act
and the Commission’s regulations.
Additionally, in accordance with 10
CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will prepare an
environmental impact statement that is
a supplement to the Commission’s
NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement for License Renewal
of Nuclear Power Plants,’’ dated May
1996. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.26, and as
part of the environmental scoping
process, the staff intends to hold a
public scoping meeting. Detailed
information regarding this meeting will
be the subject of a separate Federal
Register notice.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice, the requestor/petitioner may file
a request for a hearing, and any person
whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing
and a petition for leave to intervene
with respect to the renewal of the
licenses. Requests for a hearing and a
petition for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the
Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10
CFR part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the Commission’s
Public Document Room (PDR), located
at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852 and is accessible from
the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS should contact the
NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–
397–4209, or by e-mail at [email protected].
If a request for a hearing or a petition
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for leave to intervene is filed within the
60-day period, the Commission or a
presiding officer designated by the
Commission or by the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel will
rule on the request and/or petition; and
the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order. In the event that no request for a
hearing or petition for leave to intervene
is filed within the 60-day period, the
NRC may, upon completion of its
evaluations and upon making the
findings required under 10 CFR parts 51
and 54, renew the licenses without
further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding, taking into
consideration the limited scope of
matters that may be considered
pursuant to 10 CFR parts 51 and 54. The
petition must specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following factors: (1) The nature of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s right under
Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of
any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also set forth the specific
contentions which the petitioner/
requestor seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
of each contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or the
expert opinion that supports the
contention on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the
contention at the hearing. The
requestor/petitioner must also provide
references to those specific sources and
documents of which the requestor/
petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to
establish those facts or expert opinion.
The requestor/petitioner must provide
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
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fact.1 Contentions shall be limited to
matters within the scope of the action
under consideration. The contention
must be one that, if proven, would
entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief.
A requestor/petitioner who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
Each contention shall be given a
separate numeric or alpha designation
within one of the following groups and
all like subject-matters shall be grouped
together:
1. Technical—primarily concerns
issues relating to technical and/or
health and safety matters discussed or
referenced in the Nine Mile Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2 safety analysis for
the application (including issues related
to emergency planning and physical
security to the extent that such matters
are discussed or referenced in the
application).
2. Environmental—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Environmental Report
for the license renewal application.
3. Miscellaneous—does not fall into
one of the categories outlined above.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two
or more requestors/petitioners seek to
co-sponsor a contention or propose
substantially the same contention, the
requestors/petitioners will be required
to jointly designate a representative who
shall have the authority to act for the
requestors/petitioners with respect to
that contention within ten (10) days
after advised of such contention.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing, including the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing. A request for a hearing or a
petition for leave to intervene must be
filed by: (1) First class mail addressed
to the Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, express
mail, and expedited delivery services:
Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; (3) e-mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary,
1 To the extent that the application contains
attachments and supporting documents that are not
publicly available because they are asserted to
contain safeguards or proprietary information,
petitioners desiring access to this information
should contact the applicant or applicant’s counsel
to discuss the need for a protective order.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
[email protected]; or (4)
facsimile transmission addressed to the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff at 301–415–1101,
verification number is 301–415–1966. A
copy of the request for hearing and
petition for leave to intervene must also
be sent to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, and it is requested that copies be
transmitted either by means of facsimile
transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to [email protected]. A copy
of the request for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene should also be
sent to the attorney for the licensee.
Attorney for the Applicant: David R.
Lewis, Esq., Shaw Pittman, 2300 N
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
Nontimely requests and/or petitions
and contentions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the
Commission, the presiding officer, or
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
that the petition, request and/or
contentions should be granted based on
a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(a)(1)(i)–(viii).
Detailed information about the license
renewal process can be found under the
Nuclear Reactors icon at http://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal.html on the NRC’s
website. Copies of the application to
renew the operating licenses for the
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units
1 and 2, are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852–2738, and at http://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications the
NRC’s website while the application is
under review. The NRC maintains an
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents. These documents
may be accessed through the NRC’s
Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html under ADAMS
accession number ML041490211.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, may contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff
at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to [email protected].
The staff has verified that a copy of
the license renewal application is also
available to local residents near the
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station at the
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Penfield Library (Selective Depository),
Reference and Documents Department,
State University of New York, Oswego,
New York 13126.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this the 15th
day of July 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Program Director, License Renewal and
Environmental Impacts Program, Division of
Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Exemption
1.0
Background
The Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA, the licensee) is the holder of
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–77
and DPR–79, which authorize operation
of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (facility
or SQN), Unit Nos. 1 and 2,
respectively. The licenses provide,
among other things, that the facility is
subject to all rules, regulations, and
orders of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission)
now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of two
pressurized water reactors located in
Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2.0
Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) part 50, Appendix
G requires that pressure-temperature (P–
T) limits be established for reactor
pressure vessels (RPVs) during normal
operating and hydrostatic or leak rate
testing conditions. TVA requested that
they be able to use Westinghouse Report
WCAP–15315, ‘‘Reactor Vessel Closure
Head/Vessel Flange Requirements
Evaluation for Operating PWR
[Pressurized-Water Reactor] and BWR
[Boiling-Water Reactor] Plants’’ in lieu
of 10 CFR, Appendix G, Footnote 2 to
Table 1.
3.0
Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50 when (1)
the exemptions are authorized by law,
will not present an undue risk to public
health or safety, and are consistent with
the common defense and security, and
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(2) when special circumstances are
present. Therefore, in determining the
acceptability of the licensee’s exemption
request, the staff has performed the
following regulatory, technical, and
legal evaluations to satisfy the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.12 for
granting the exemption.
3.1 Regulatory Evaluation
It is stated in 10 CFR part 50,
Appendix G that ‘‘[t]he minimum
temperature requirements * * * pertain
to the controlling material, which is
either the material in the closure flange
or the material in the beltline region
with the highest reference temperature
* * * the minimum temperature
requirements and the controlling
material depend on the operating
condition (i.e., hydrostatic pressure and
leak tests, or normal operation including
anticipated normal operational
occurrences), the vessel pressure,
whether fuel is in the vessel, and
whether the core is critical. The metal
temperature of the controlling material,
in the region of the controlling material
which has the least favorable
combination of stress and temperature,
must exceed the appropriate minimum
temperature requirement for the
condition and pressure of the vessel
specified in Table 1 [of 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix G].’’ Footnote 2 to Table 1 in
10 CFR part 50, Appendix G specifies
that RPV minimum temperature
requirements related to RPV closure
flange considerations shall be based on
‘‘[t]he highest reference temperature of
the material in the closure flange region
that is highly stressed by bolt preload.’’
In order to address provisions of
amendments to modify SQN Units 1 and
2 Technical Specifications (TSs) to
implement a pressure-temperature
limits report (PTLR) for each unit, TVA
requested in its submittal dated
September 6, 2002, that the staff exempt
SQN Units 1 and 2 from the application
of specific requirements of 10 CFR part
50, Appendix G, as they pertain to the
establishment of minimum temperature
requirements, for all modes of operation
addressed by 10 CFR part 50, Appendix
G, based on the material properties of
the material of the RPV closure flange
region that is highly stressed by the bolt
preload. The licensee’s initial technical
basis for this exemption request was
submitted on December 19, 2002. The
requirements from which TVA
requested that SQN Units 1 and 2 be
exempted shall be referred to for the
purpose of this exemption as ‘‘those
requirements related to the application
of Footnote 2 to Table 1 of 10 CFR Part
50, Appendix G.’’ The proposed action
is in accordance with the licensee’s
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